Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid; born 11 January 1973) is a former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. Born in a Marathi family and brought up in Bangalore, he started playing cricket at the age of 12 and later represented Karnataka at the under-15, under-17 and under-19 levels. Hailed as The Wall, Dravid was named one of the best five cricketers of the year by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2000 and received...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth11 January 1973
CityIndore, India
gets hard knew
Having batted here before I knew at 60-70 it gets really hard to concentrate.
england expect fight hard left
I expect them (England) to come back hard at us. There is a lot of fight left in them and they are a very competitive unit.
aspects hard looking three
We will be looking at what kind of combination we will go in with (in the first Test). But we have to keep working hard on all three aspects of our game,
cricket fight good hard left lifted performance played single slip
It was not that a single performance lifted us. It was a hard fight and we played good cricket. But we can't slip up as there is still a lot left in the series.
bombay boys credit critical draw energy fought hard matches test
They fought really hard in the Test matches and used a lot of energy to draw the series. Bombay was critical for us psychologically and the way the boys bounced back was a credit to us.
ball best bowlers controlled difficult early hard help innings knew played several situation special
He sized up the situation very early on. There was help for the bowlers when the ball was hard and new and he knew he had to play cautiously. He controlled the innings beautifully. It was one of the best innings of several played by him on a difficult pitch. It was a special one.
becomes hard played
I have played here before. I know that once you get to 60-70 it becomes hard to concentrate.
might problem risk
We might not risk him if the problem doesn't settle.
individual pakistan target
We will not target individual players. We will play Pakistan as a team.
beginning fell lost reason runs short wickets
We fell short by 30 runs and lost wickets in the beginning and that was the reason for the loss.
blunt expected flat pitches
We expected them to go for such flat pitches to blunt our bowlers.
advantage allow captain continue gives huge pick rule super team
The rule as it is now, gives a huge advantage to the captain inning the toss. So, I think, they (ICC) should continue with it and allow the team to pick their super sub after the toss.
ball bit both taken
It was unfortunate we both got out just before the new ball was taken and that put us in a bit of trouble.
exciting finish heading lose match rules towards
It was an unfortunate way to lose the match. But rules are rules and they are part of the game. The match was heading towards an exciting finish when it had to be called off.